General

Yin Cheng

Full Professor, PhD supervisor

​Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)

Email: chengyin@mail.sic.ac.cn

Address: 585 Heshuo road, Shanghai, P.R.China


Research Areas

1. Development and application of flexible sensing materials: synthesis and development of flexible materials and devices with signal sensing function, including human electrophysiological signals, environmental interaction signals (mechanics, temperature and humidity, chemical reagents, etc.).  

 

2. Flexible actuating materials and soft robots: flexible/soft polymer material development and robotic performance design for soft machines;  Intelligent manipulation, sensing, feedback, and system integration;  Intelligent soft robot combined with intelligent algorithm analysis for real-world applications.  

 

3. Development and application of functional polymer materials: development of flexible polymer materials with excellent mechanical and electrical properties and applications in the field of human-machine interaction. 

Education

2011-2016, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Materials Physics and Chemistry, PhD degree.

2017-2021, National University of Singapore (NUS), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Postdoctor.


Experience

Earned a Ph.D. in Materials Physics and Chemistry from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS) in 2017. Subsequently conducted postdoctoral research in the group of Prof. Ho Ghim Wei (Professor and Associate Provost of National University of Singapore; Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC). Joined the State Key Laboratory of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures at SICCAS as an Associate Professor in 2021. Appointed as a Full Professor at the National Key Laboratory of Critical Ceramic Materials at SICCAS in 2025.

Recipient of prestigious talent programs including: Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program, Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent Program, Shanghai Rising-Star Program, CAS Hundred Talents Program. Specializes in flexible sensing and actuation technologies for human-machine interaction, with an emphasis on the development of advanced functional materials and innovative device applications. Authored 42 peer-reviewed papers, including 20 first/corresponding-author publications in leading journals (Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem., Adv. Funct. Mater., Adv. Sci., ACS Nano, etc.). Achieved over 4,400 citations (Google Scholar) with an H-index of 27 and holds 6 authorized invention patents. Leading 11 research projects, including 7 national/provincial-level initiatives: National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program, General Program), National Defense Science and Technology Program, CAS Talent Program Fund, Shanghai International Collaboration Project, etc. 

Invited speaker at international conferences including: International Conferences of Advances in Functional Materials (2016, South Korea), 2021 Annual Conference of IYCBSE (Shenzhen), Flexible Electronics Innovation Forums by CSMNT (2023 Suzhou, 2024 Shenzhen), International Symposium on Flexible Electronics (2024 Wuhan), 3rd Youth Academic Salon by CIS-MNST (2024 Wuxi), National Conference on Surface and Interface Science of the Chinese Chemical Society (2025, Chengdu).


Work Experience

2017-2021, National University of Singapore, Postdoctor.

2021-2024, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS), Associate Professor

2025-Now, SICCAS, Full Professor

Research projects

(1) Innovative Youth Foundation of SICCAS, Project leader, 2021-12--2022-11
(2) Class A of Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan, Project leader, 2021-10--2023-09
(3) Talent Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Project leader, 2021-10--2024-10
(4) National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program), Project leader, 2023-01--2025-12
(5) Youth Project, Director Fund of State Key Laboratory, Project leader, 2022-10--2024-09
(6) Youth Foundation of SICCAS, Project leader, 2022-12--2024-12
(7) Shanghai Changning District "Science and Technology Star" Team Project, Project leader, 2022-12--2023-12

(8) Shanghai international cooperation project, Project leader, 2023.09-2026.09

(9)  National Defense Science and Technology 173 Program, 2023-11--2025-11

(10) Youth Foundation of SICCAS, Project leader, 2024-06--2025-06

(11) National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), Project leader, 2025-01--2028-12

(12) Distinguished Talent Program of CAS, Project leader, 2025-01--2027-12

Publications


1.       Achieving High-Sensitivity Wide-Range Strain Sensing with 0D-2D MXene/Ag NPs Composite Structures, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2025

2.       Highly Conductive, Adhesive and Biocompatible Hydrogel for Closed-Loop Neuromodulation in Nerve Regeneration, ACS nano, 2025

3.       Skin-Mimicking Soft Strain Sensor with Elastic Resilience, Crack Tolerance, and Amphibious Self-Adhesion, ACS sensors, 2025

4.       Programmable Robotic Shape Shifting and Color Morphing Dynamics Through Magneto‐Mechano‐Chromic Coupling, Advanced Materials, 2024

5.       Dual ion regulated eutectogels with high elasticity and adhesive strength for accurate strain sensors, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024

6.       Stimuli-responsive fiber/fabric actuators for intelligent soft robots: From current progress to future opportunities, Nano Energy, 2024

7.       Batch Fabrication of Flexible Strain Sensors with High Linearity and Low Hysteresis for Health Monitoring and Motion Detection ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024

8.       A soft, fatigue‐free, and self‐healable ionic elastomer via the synergy of skin‐like assembly and Bouligand structure, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024

9.       Self-adhesive polyzwitterionic hydrogel electrolytes for long-life flexible zinc-ion batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024

10.   Development of conductive materials and conductive networks for flexible force sensors, Chemical Engineering Journal,2023

11.   2. A Stretchable, Breathable, And Self‐Adhesive Electronic Skin with Multimodal Sensing Capabilities for Human‐Centered Healthcare, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023

12.   A multi-hole resonator enhanced acoustic energy harvester for ultra-high electrical output and machine-learning-assisted intelligent voice sensing, Nano Energy, 2023

13.   Temperature‐Triggered Adhesive Bioelectric Electrodes with Long‐Term Dynamic Stability and Reusability, Advanced Science, 2023

14.   Lithographic printing inspired in-situ transfer of MXene-based films with localized topo-electro tunability for high-performance flexible pressure sensors, Nano Research, 2023

15.   Non-planar dielectrics derived thermal and electrostatic field inhomogeneity for boosted weather-adaptive energy harvestingNational Science Review 10 (9), 2023

16.   Breathable, Self-Adhesive Dry Electrodes for Stable Electrophysiological Signal Monitoring During Exercise, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022

17.   Recent advances in 3D porous MXenes: structures, properties and applications, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 2022

18.   Scalable, stretchable and washable triboelectric fibers for self-powering human-machine interaction and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, Nano Energy, 2022

19.   A stretchable and helically structured fiber nanogenerator for multifunctional electronic textiles, Nano Energy, 2022

20.   Macromolecule conformational shaping for extreme mechanical programming of polymorphic hydrogel fibers, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2022

21.   Z-scheme transition metal bridge of Co9S8/Cd/CdS tubular heterostructure for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, 2021

22.   A Fast Autonomous Healing Magnetic Elastomer for Instantly Recoverable, Modularly Programmable, and Thermorecyclable Soft Robots, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 2021

23.   All-Soft and Stretchable Thermogalvanic Gel Fabric for Antideformity Body Heat Harvesting Wearable, ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 2021

24.   Mutually Noninterfering Flexible Pressure–Temperature Dual-Modal Sensors Based on Conductive Metal–Organic Framework for Electronic Skin, ACS nano, 2021

25.   Dynamic thermal trapping enables cross-species smart nanoparticle swarms, SCIENCE ADVANCES, 2021

26.   Recent advances in 3D porous MXenes: Structures, properties and applications, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 55 (9), 2021

27.   Scalable thermoelectric fibers for multifunctional textile-electronics, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2020,

28.   Somatosensory, light‐driven, thin‐film robots capable of integrated perception and, Advanced materials, 2020,

29.   20. Controlled heterogeneous water distribution and evaporation towards enhanced photothermal water-electricity-hydrogen production, NANO ENERGY, 2020

30.   Direct-Ink-Write 3D Printing of Hydrogels into Biomimetic Soft Robots, ACS NANO, 2019

31.   A Biomimetic Conductive Tendril for Ultrastretchable and Integratable Electronics, Muscles, and, ACS NANO, 2018

32.   Smart fibers based on low dimensional conductive materials, 2018

33.   Hybrid Photothermal Pyroelectric and Thermogalvanic Generator for Multisituation Low Grade Heat Harvesting, ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 2018

34.   High-Performance Piezoresistive Electronic Skin with Bionic Hierarchical Microstructure and Microcracks, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2017

35.   Copper Nanowire-Based Aerogel with Tunable Pore Structure and Its Application as Flexible Pressure Sensor, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2017

36.   A stretchable fiber nanogenerator for versatile mechanical energy harvesting and self-powered full-range personal healthcare monito, Nano Energy, 2017

37.   Stretchable electronic skin based on silver nanowire composite fiber electrodes for sensing pressure, proximity, and multidirectional strain, NANOSCALE, 2017

38.   Plasma-induced nanowelding of a copper nanowire network and its application in transparent electrodes and stretchable conductors, NANO RESEARCH, 2016

39.   Quasi In Situ Polymerization To Fabricate Copper Nanowire-Based Stretchable Conductor and Its Applications, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 2016

40.   Highly Stretchable and Conductive Copper Nanowire Based Fibers with Hierarchical Structure for Wearable Heaters, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 2016

41.   Transparent heaters based on highly stable Cu nanowire films, NANO RESEARCH, 2016

42.   Novel fabrication of copper nanowire/cuprous oxidebased semiconductor-liquid junction solar cells, NANO RESEARCH, 2015

43.   Highly Conductive and Ultrastretchable Electric Circuits from Covered Yarns and Silver Nanowires, ACS NANO, 2015

44.   A stretchable and highly sensitive graphene‐based fiber for sensing tensile strain, bending and, Advanced materials, 2015

45.   Copper nanowire based transparent conductive films with high stability and superior stretchability, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, 2014

46.   Highly Thermal Conductive Copper Nanowire Composites with Ultralow Loading: Toward Applications as Thermal Interface Materials, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 2014

Patents

( 1 ) 一种高弹性电加热纤维及其制备方法和应用, 专利授权, 2020, 第 2 作者, 专利号: CN107447539B


( 2 ) 一种超高弹性导线及其制备方法, 专利授权, 2019, 第 3 作者, 专利号: CN108520795B


( 3 ) 一种柔性可穿戴导电纤维传感器及其制备方法和应用, 专利授权, 2019, 第 2 作者, 专利号: CN106705829B


( 4 ) 一种可穿戴电加热系统, 实用新型, 2017, 第 2 作者, 专利号: CN206214260U


( 5 ) 一种高弹性导电纤维及其制备方法, 发明专利, 2015, 第 2 作者, 专利号: CN104499272A


( 6 ) 铜纳米线/聚丙烯酸酯复合材料及其制备方法, 发明专利, 2014, 第 4 作者, 专利号: CN103819591A

Honors & Distinctions

1. Outstanding Talent Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Provincial Level (2024)

2. Shanghai Rising Star Talent Plan, Provincial Level (2024)

3. Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan (Class A), Provincial Level, 2021

4. Shanghai Overseas high-level Talent Plan, Provincial Level (2021)

5. Baosteel Outstanding Student Scholarship, National Level, 2016

6. Yan Dongsheng Scholarship Grand Prize, College Level, 2015

7. Merit Student, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015

8. Outstanding Graduate of Beijing, Provincial Level, 2011

9. National Scholarship, National Level, 2010

10. First Prize of National English Competition for College Students, National Level, 2010